Jersey City police say teen tipped them to man's concealed gun

Jersey City police arrested a man on gun charges Tuesday night after a boy told officers the man had “a burner in his pocket,” police reports said.

Willie P. Wheeler, 46, of Randolph Avenue, was arrested at 10:46 p.m. and charged with resisting arrest, obstructing a government function, and weapons offenses, reports said.

The officers were on patrol at Claremont and Randolph avenues when they saw a large group of juveniles and stopped, reports said, adding that Wheeler walked up and said he was in a dispute with the group.

That’s when one of the boys used street slang to tell the officers Wheeler was armed and Wheeler immediately began walking away with his hand in his jacket pocket, reports said.

Wheeler refused to stop and resisted the officers, who used compliance holds in order to handcuff him, reports said, adding they found a loaded .22 caliber pistol in his pocket.